Reinforced Soil Walls and Slope Reinforcement
2013-2019
ELBASAN - ELBASAN - Albania
COPRI - AKTOR
COPRI - AKTOR
AKTOR-MACCAFERRI
TIRANA ELBASAN HIGHWAY
Problem
The Tirana–Elbasan Highway is a four-lane highway in central Albania and part of the A3 motorway opened to traffic on 16 June 2013, and completed in the summer of 2019. It covers the distance between the cities of Tirana and Elbasan in the shortest way possible and its total length is 16 kilometres
The project faced many technical challenges as the topography of the route is such that it will require the construction of tunnels, bridges, embankments. Numerous overpasses, underpasses and viaducts will also need to be built.
The client wanted to reach the design level in the entrance of the tunnel and decided to adopt a mixed RSS solution (wire mesh+PET geogrids) as main type of retaining solution for this project.
Solution
This project included different types of reinforced soil structures with gabions and mattresses for river protection and Green terramesh & Terramesh system.
The design and solution proposed by Maccaferri were applied in different locations through out the whole project depending on the site and geotechnical conditions.
Used Products

Gabion
A Wide Portfolio of Solutions Maccaferri offers an extensive range of tailored solutions to meet every specific need. From Shiko
Gjeogridet Monoaksiale
Paragrid™ WAn enhanced high performance knitted geogrid characterized by a very high modulus and the lowest reduction factors. DesiShiko
Reno Mattress Plus
Mbrojtjet tradicionale të brigjeve të lumit të bëra me gurë te pa lidhur kërkojnë një shtresë të trashë materiali për të qenë efektive. Kjo për fakShiko